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OPINIONS EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES The Daily Times.Gazette| OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Establshed 1863) The Times-Gazette is a member of the Canadian Press, the Canadian Dally Newspapers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The [Canadian Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches in this paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters and also the local news published therein. All rights of special d hes herein are also Reserved. ~N . R. ALLOWAY, and P T hy WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director M. MCINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES me livered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Por Delite Ajax oa Pickering, 24c per week. By mall, outside carrier delivery areas, anywhere In Canada and England, 7.00 per year, U.S, $9.00 per year Eo red as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Canada, DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for OCTOBER 9,135 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1948 Growth In Service Figures presented to the Oshawa General Hospital Board at its meeting this week by J. A. Morphy, its president, reveal the amazing growth which has taken place in the service given to this cemmunity by its hospital during the last nine years. During the year 1939, the number of ad- missions to the Oshawa General Hospital was 2,623. Last year, the number was 8,107, and there are indications that the present year will find the total even 'higher. In the same period, the number of beds available in the hospital has increased from 97 to 237, and this is a factor of considerable importance in assessing the value of the institution to the community it serves. Oshawa and Ontario County, for about one-third -of all patients admitted come from various parts of the county, are in- deed fortunate in having at the service of their people an institution which has moved abreast of the times, and has main- tained a hospital service second to none in the province.. This is all the more remark- able when one considers that this has been done without any grants from the city or county treasuries, without adding even a fraction of a mill to the taxes of the people. The Oshawa General Hospital is unique in that all its buildings and equipment have been provided by the' voluntary gifts of generous and pablic-spirited citizens, who have felt the need and have given of their means to meet it. It is to these people that thanks are due for the facilities now exist- ent, and which have made it possible for the hospital to take care of its ever- increasing total of patients. An Auxiliary Plant ? The most disturbing factor about the power emergency in Ontario is that it is not a shortage for a brief period only, but that it is likely to persist for another three years. It will be 1950, at least, before any substantial amount of new hydro power will be available from plants now under construction, and even then the mew resources are not likely to provide for more than the bare necessities of the province. In view of the long-term nature of the emergency situation, surely it would be appropriate for the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission fo give some thought and study, now, to the possibility of providing some type of auxiliary equipment which would give the city an additional supply of power in coming winters. That would be sound business common-sense, because it is known, now, that the shortage a year hence will be much greater than it is now, on account of steadily increasing demands, and if it is possible to use the next year to provide some kind of auxiliary equipment, Oshawa's situation might be improved im- measurably. This thought is put forward merely as a suggestion that the Commission should €xplore the possibilities of this provision of relief for the next two or three years. Whether it is possible to construct a steam plant of sufficient proportions to provide sufficient power to relieve the shortage in a material way depends, of course, on the amount of reserves the Commission has available for the financing of such a pro- ject. Another consideration would be whether the use of diesel auxiliary power units would give a sufficient amount of additional energy to make their installation worth while, ] So far, the local Commission has done an excellent job of making the best pos- sible use of the power which is available, and in providing an equitable distribution in the best interests of the city as a whole. We feel, however, that the time has come when-some serious consideration should be given to the provision of auxiliary sources DAILY - TIMES-CAZETTE The Royal Opens The 1948 Royal Winter Fair has had an auspicious opening, and for the next week it will be the mecca of many thousands of visitors from all parts of Canada and the United States. Originated as a national event of major importance to agriculture, it has become truly international in its scope, because United States exhibitors and competitors have come to realize that awards won at the Royal show carry with them a special mark of distinction. The Royal Winter Fair is in a very real sense the show window of Canadian agri- culture. Here are assembled the top quality products of the farms, orchards and gardens of the dominion, and farmers vie their livestock and field products. The Royal, however, is more than an agricultural show. It is a spectacle of the highest order, and its nightly horse show has reached a status of equality with the famous Madison Square Garden shows in New York: The flower show, too, has become a spectacle to thrill the heart of any flower- lover, while the great array of exhibits of machinery and equipment for the farm and the home, attracts the attention of city and rural people alike. Since it was resumed following the war, the Royal Winter Fair has broken all records for interest and attendance, and judging from the start which has been made this year, new records are likely to be created in 1948. Editorial Notes The Hydro argument is warming up. Howe blames Drew; Drew blames Howe. who is to blame is not important just now; the big thing is to make the best possible use of the power that is available. * * * * N. O. Hipel, former Ontario cabinet minister, calls for a Royal Commission to investigate the power shortage. From our experience of commissions, that would just be a waste of time without producing any more power. * %* Xx xk A cartoon in an Ontario paper suggests that there is a standing invitation to Stalin over. However, a standing invitation is never as likely to be accepted as a specific request that the heads of the Big Four nations come together for a conference to dispel the cold war. eo Other Editors' Views eo MAKING LIFE SIMPLER (Chicago Daily News) Very pleasant medical discoveries are those which label "harmless" something previously believed in- jurious. Such as the report of Dr. Wallace Teed, of Ann Arbor, Mich., that one afflicted with a cold may safely blow his nose without fear of spreading the infection to the inner ear. That adds more to comfort than the previous as- surances that we may handle frogs without neces- sarily getting warts, or that high living needn't cause the gout. It gives us hope that in a few years sun- bathing will again be healthful. * % FF #» FULL STEAM AHEAD (St. Catharines Standard) A reporter of The Christian Science Monitor, after a recent survey of the motor car industry centred in Detroit, reports that there is full steam ahead in that industry for many months to come. High prices and shogtage of steel are no barriers. It is the con- sensus of all big executives that the "new car day" is not far distant. There has been a remarkable con- version since the close of the war, despite labor troubles, now well ironed out and shortage of mate erials. 'In the battle of postwar production, nearly 13,- 000,000 new cars, trucks and buses have been built by the industry. The great task of conversion from war to peace, including vast expansion and moderniza- tion programs, is nearly completed. Strikes are only a minor irritation today. e A Bit of Verse eo MARTHA HANDS You gave me a pair of Martha hands, A Mary mind of wealth, and many turns, Sometimes at tasks my Martha role demands, The Mary of me sights, and dreams and years. I bless my lissome hands, that once were suave rough, : . To soothe and feed and clothe the lambs You gave To me, and heal their wounds with love enough. I shall not leave a Mary light to glow And shine throughout all time in brilliant fame. But I shall leave strong Pauls, and Marys, though, Those lambs You sent, who glorify Your name. My Mary mind, in them has found release, My Martha hands, a humble pride and peace. r --Ela Barry Solcher. eo A Bible Thought e with each other for the coveted ribbons for: |/to visit President Truman and talk things' That they may still be strong--though gnarled and \ IF You WANT "7 ANY OF Tis, N/A GET OFF THAT FENCE | Zs -AND GET OFF +ON THIS SIDE Looking Around | The Worid By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's | direct appeal to President Truman | for an American policy statement to bolster the morals of Chinese anti- | Communist forces arises from the | greatest crisis the Nankinz Gov- | ernment has yet faced in combat- | ting the Moscow-bolstered red re- | bellion. i The Generalissimo's regime is battling for its life, and he would be a hardy man who tried to pre- dict the" outcome as things now stand. But that being so, why should Chiang appcal for moral] support at this critical juncture | rather than for material aid? | The answer, I take it, is that China's need is so urgent it can| be only by aid that can be trans- mitted with the speed of a message; It can't wait for material assist- ance to be moved by ships across the seas. Wellington Koo, Chinese ambassador to Washington, also made an appeal to the state de- partment, in which he employed language that serves to amplify the, Generalissimo's message. Oddly enough news of the Gen- eralissimo's letter arrived at my desk in New York while I was lunching with Pen Hsueh-Peh, Chinese cabinet adviser and dele- gate to the United Nations, who, en route from Paris to Nanking via | Washington. He had just arrived | in New York by air, and one of | the Tirst questions he asked me was | what American policy was to be. | He explained that the morale of | the hard-pressed Nationalist ar-| mies might collapse unless they | received assurances of continued | American support. | Under Consideration I-told Pen that the question of | policy was being considered in| Washington now, and that it was| expected to figure in the projected | conference between President Tru-| man and State Secretary Marshall in Washington next Monday. With | that Pen turned on me with a grin | and asked: "What would your policy be?" | A question like that rather flab-.| bergasted me for a minute, and I] pointed out that I didn't make Washington's policies. However, my personal feeling and that of a lot. of other observers was some- thing like this: ; Quite apart from friendship, the United States couldn't afford to see China collapse and be taken ito the Communist camp under control of Russia. That would be giving Moscow a stranglehold on the Orient. | * There could be no question of sending United States troops to China. We wouldn't think of ask- ing our boys to fight there, How- ever, if I had the job to do I pro- bably should bolster the nationalist armies with arms and equipment, send to China a large number of Business Spotlight By The Canadian Press Workers of diverse skills and chielly-of<-European origin make up the labor force engaged in the needle 1irades in Manitoba--an elastic term appropriate to an ex- panding industry. There now are about 5000 per- sons employed in manufacturing caps, women's coats, sportss wear, overalls, work shirts and fur gar- ments in Winnipeg and centres such as Selkirk, Portage La Prairie and Brandon. Work in the needle trades Is ex- acting, but trained employees do well financially on piece work. In Manitoba there has been no difficulty in recruiting workers. Some are drawn from for- mer employees of the needle trades who have married and returned to their home towns. They are readily absorbed by rural branches of Win- nipeg firms, for the industry has moved toward decentralization. During the depression of the 30s, firms in the needle trades were compelled to scramble for business. Old-established enterprises formed the nucleus of the expanding indus- try. Large stores made small pur- chases at first. Quality improved as -the result of keen competition for the avail- able business and the number of firms in the trades grew as sales became larger. Some 50 of the workers in the Manitoba plants are displaced per-| sons, 'brought from Europe in a move under which they were dis- tributed among manufacturers in Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal. Wednesday's Markets New York, Toronto and Montreal Stock Exchanges recorded general declines. The New York board felt the effect of heavier selling press- ure. Golds sagged at Toronto, and at Montreal both mines and indus- trials sold off. Coarse grains fu- tures were irregular on Winnipez Grain Exchange. REJECT APPEALS Montreal, Nov. 1§--(CP)--Federal immigration officials have rejected appeals of three young Hungarians who hoped to become Canadian cit- izens after they stowed away aboard the liner Westraiia it was learned here Wednesday. The three will re- turn to their homeland today on the Westralia. DIES SUDDENLY Ottawa, Nov. 18--(CP)--Maurice Bernier, 52-year-old associate depu- ty Minister of Veterans Affairs and former secretary to two Justice Min- isters, died suddenly Wednesday. American army officers to supervise and advise, Pen nodded, and said: "I-should make one addition. The people of China are hungry. They can't fight unless we feed them. That could be done by shipping in food from other countries". Mac's Musings In Oshawa as dusk comes down, And on afternoons, We see the skies beclouded By wreaths of smoke Which rise from piles Of burning leaves, As people clear their lawns And walks From leaves which fall From trees now looking Bare and gaunt. The leaves are raked, Into huge piles, And set afire To destroy them; While citizens Congratulate themselves That they are cleaning up A mess unsightly, By doing so. Yet stored within these leaves, By nature's hand, Is the life blood Of the soil, Which cries alcud Fer nourishment. It seems that fw Folks realize That leaves should not Be burned, but should Ec spread upon the soil, Or dug into the carth, To give new life Fertility, And humus to the land, So that next spring, W:en once again The gardener Sows his seeds, Tk2 soil will have . The humus and the strength To grow good crops. It means a little work To store the leaves, Or dig them in, Rather than burning them; But it is work Which when summer comes, Will pay rich dividends In better crops And flowers more beautiful, suitable | | Whitchall | Notebook | By JAMES McCOOK | Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Nov. 18--(CP)--Other Members of Parliament insist W. J. Brown's party title should not be "Independent" but "Very Indepen- dent." 5 The husky, witty, iron-willed member for Rugby has decided to quit as a parliamentary secretary of | the Civil Service Clerical Associa- tion. He will remain an independent Member of Parliament. Brown's feuds with his organiza- a matter. of parliamentary interest ciation members he accused of un- duly attempting to influence his work in Parliament, Brown decided on a complaint to the Commons about their conduct. Silent Member The house awaited with interest the'speech of one of its most humor- ous speakers. When the day came, Brown was mute. He had lost his voice 'due to a cold. He stood, his lips moved, no sound came and with a gesture of mock tragedy he handed his papers to another mem- ber who read his complaint. The house committee on privileges after the iaquiry said that the association's executive had consider- ed in good faith that Brown's speeches and newspaper articles had affected the association's interests but there was no intention to press him to change his views. The com- mittee found there had been breach of privilege. But the 54-year-old then changed to Independent in the powerful association. As its 1948 conference it considered three suggestions--that Brown be dismiss- ed, that Brown be pensioned off, that Brown be retained as long as he remained a member of Parlia- ment. Pensions For Two They decided he should go at 55, but Brown said he would make his own decision in due course because he wanted certain provisions made. He could always remind his col- leagues he had formed the associa- tion himself 38 years ago when he organized a small group of boy mes- sengers in the government service. Among the points. at issue was whether his secretary, Miss Jean Cormack, should have a pension as J tion over political matters became | last year. After disputes with Asso- | no | Brown, who | first sat as a Labor member and | in | 1942, remained a controversial issue | Under the heading "The good a union does," the CIO United Auto- mobile Workers publishes a quar- ter-page advertisement that reads very much like an attempt by the union's executive to justify to its membership the prolonged strike at McKinnon Industries .in St. Cath- arines, said to have resulted in wage losses of $1,775,000 to em- ployees and in addition caused heavy losses to the merchants in the community. The main argu- ment of the UAW in defense of the strike is that it "rescued" St. Catharines and district from being a depressed wage area in compari- son with the automobile cities of Windsor and Detroit. The "rescue" has yet to be demonstrated. The UAW advertisement stresses that wage increases ranging from 12 to 16 cents an hour were ob- tained by the.strike, but it is silent about the wage increases which might have been obtained from the company without a strike. It is our understanding that the original de- mands of the union were for 32 cents an hour increase. This de- Following Long Strike U.A.W. On The Defensive (Toronto Telegram) mand was modified to 26 cents and the final settlement after a strike which lasted nearly four months was very little more than could have been gained through negoti- ations without a strike. In these circumstances it is not surprising to find the individual members of the union computing their loss of wages during the long strike and comparing them with the minor gains achieved by the strike over and above what could have been maintained without a strike. At the end of the UAW adver- tisement it is said: "The good a strike does lives after it!" This statement is tantamount to saying that in human relationships a knock-down fight brings more last- ing results than across-the-table negotiations. We continue to be- lieve that in these times a union's membership will be farther ahead by settling wage agreements by ne- gotiation than they will by going on strike, If the strike at McKine non Industries were a success it would not be necessary to explain 'and defend it. well as himself when he retired from association duty. Now Brown and Miss Cormack go out together. He will have a pension of £1,390 ($5,560) annually and she will have £325. She will continue as secretary to the Independent--very independent--member for Rugby. e 35 Years Ago The Oshawa Y.M.C.A. is organ- izing an arts and crafts exhibition by local citizens. A long list of appeals by local industries against their assessments was dropped when they produced | no evidence in support of their ap- peals. Two new Justices of the Peace were appointed for Oshawa, H. T. Carswell and W. J. Burns. | Disney Brothers have sold their | furniture business to Charles Lan- | der, who will dispose of the furni-| ture stocks and operate a hardware | store. | The Oshawa Electric Light Com- | pany has installed the largest Die- | sel engine in Canada for the gen- | eration of power. | Dr. Trewin was elected president | of the Oshawa Hockey Association, | which plans to have junior and in- termediate teams. BADLY BEATEN Victoria, Nov. beaten and robbed by an unknown assailant early Wednesday. Police said Mrs. Mary Attwood, 74, a wi- dow, was attacked by a woman in a public lavatory in city hall. She is in hospital, her skull fractured in several places, and her scalp deep- ly gashed. . BOOTLEG DEER Winnipeg, Nov. 18--(CB)--Prov- incial game wardens and R.C.M.P. were reported todgy to be rounding up members of a ring operating a large-scale bootleg market in deer carcasses. G. W. Malaher, director 18--(CP)--An el-| derly woman pensioner is not ex- | pected te live after being brutally | of the Provincial game and Fishe eries Do taeat, said numerous arrests had been made 'in: the area north of here. $1000 OR LESS MONEY LOANS ON YOUR OWN SIGNATURE! When you need money, borrow from HouseEHOLD FINANCE, Canada's oldest and largest consumer finanoe organization. You may borrow $50, $100, $200 or up to $1000 on your own signa- ture without endorsers or bankable security. Repay monthly -- 6, 12, 18 or even 24 months, depending upon the repayment plan you choose. 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